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Lindy builds agents. Central is one, already built.
Get your hours back. Inbox handled, meetings captured, CRM updated. Live in minutes, no agents to configure.
Never miss another call.
An agent platform vs. a hire.
Lindy is a powerful no-code AI agent platform. You build agents that reason, make decisions, and run multi-step workflows across your email, calendar, and CRM. For technical founders who want to construct custom AI infrastructure, it is impressive.
Central is not a platform. It is an executive assistant, already configured and ready to work. Connect your email and calendar and it starts. It reads your inbox, learns your voice, knows your CRM, and keeps your day organized. You don't operate it. It operates for you.
You get tools to build. Not a built result.
Lindy's value is in what you construct with it. That takes time and iteration before your first email is handled. The credit-based billing means your monthly cost depends on task complexity and frequency: $49.99/month on Plus, but heavy usage burns through credits well before month end. Enterprise compliance (HIPAA, SOC 2) is behind a custom plan.
What this means in practice:
No pre-built EA: agents require design and configuration before anything works
Credit-based billing at $49.99/month Plus; costs vary and can spike with task complexity
HIPAA and SOC 2 on custom Enterprise plans only
Ongoing maintenance required as your tools and workflows change
7-day trial only; no permanent free plan
Your inbox knows your business.
Central connects to your CRM, your team's Slack, and the same knowledge base your front desk runs on. When a client email lands, it already knows who they are. It drafts the reply, creates the task, updates the record, and keeps your week organized. No agents to configure first.
Every signal that comes in becomes an action taken.
What this means in practice:
A prospect emails at 11pm. Central flags it, drafts a reply in your voice, adds the follow-up task. You approve in 30 seconds.
Yesterday's call is already processed. Notes written, action items assigned, CRM synced.
A thread goes quiet. Central flags the no-reply and queues the chase.
SOC 2 and HIPAA documented. Flat monthly pricing, no credit system.
What each product actually does
Feature
Ready from day one
Pricing model
Billing predictability
HIPAA and SOC 2
Inbox management
Meeting notes and action items
CRM connected
Drafts in your voice
Daily briefing
Ask Central included
Free trial
Lindy
— (agent configuration required)
Credit-based ($49.99/month Plus)
Variable by task complexity
Custom Enterprise only
✓ (once configured)
✓ (once configured)
✓ (once configured)
✓ (once configured)
—
—
✓ 7 days
Central
✓
Flat monthly rate
Fixed
✓ Documented
✓
✓ Automatic
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓ 10 days
Five minutes. No agents to build.
Connect your inbox, calendar, and CRM and Central starts working. No workflows to design. No credits to manage. Most people notice the difference the first morning.
Don't take our word for it
"Lindy is genuinely powerful but I spent two weeks building before anything worked reliably. Credits ran out mid-month twice. I switched to Central. Connected my inbox on a Tuesday. By Wednesday morning it had handled three things I would have spent an hour on."
Daniel Brooks
Software Engineer, CloudSphere Technologies
"Lindy is genuinely powerful but I spent two weeks building before anything worked reliably. Credits ran out mid-month twice. I switched to Central. Connected my inbox on a Tuesday. By Wednesday morning it had handled three things I would have spent an hour on."
Daniel Brooks
Software Engineer, CloudSphere Technologies
"Lindy is genuinely powerful but I spent two weeks building before anything worked reliably. Credits ran out mid-month twice. I switched to Central. Connected my inbox on a Tuesday. By Wednesday morning it had handled three things I would have spent an hour on."
Daniel Brooks
Software Engineer, CloudSphere Technologies